Isn’t it always refreshing to get some class act Dancing With The Stars interviews from George Pennacchio of On The Red Carpet and this time is no different. Let’s start out with Derek and Maria….

Derek tells why they’ve kept Maria’s injury under wraps. They’d didn’t want to be “known” as an injured couple. Maria danced last week with two broken ribs and keeps going. Derek calls her “amazing”. Maria says she didn’t want a big deal made on her injury and wants to concentrate on their work and all the fun. George says they are the most improved couple. They are happy and she hopes to find her “sex spot”. They have the Rumba next week if they make it and Derek plans to bring out the “love hand”. Wha??? lol

William had no idea he could be at this level of receive this much love. He feels so blessed for the attention. Cheryl loves all of her new Spanish fans as well. Cheryl thinks he has the potential to go far because he showed he can work hard and he could dance both ballroom and Latin. He says he has to keep listening to Cheryl and do everything she says. “Yes yes…”

Roshon and Chelsie are happy with their scores and placement. George tells Roshon he reminds him of a friend who use to dance in the movies with his fast legs. Chelsie says Roshon has the potential to win the mirror ball if he works hard.

Val says Sherri brings out the best in him and make his cheeks cramp up when she’s so funny all the time. She said she was able to breathe last night and wasn’t as nervous. They are happy with their dance and feel blessed. She wants to have fun and keep living the dream.

Melissa had a blast last night. She felt more relaxed. Maks is proud of her since she knew what to do under pressure this time. She hopes to keep improving. They are going to try to put up a fight.

Martina doesn’t know what happened last night. She says she just blew it. George talks of how much people love Martina. Tony feels so blessed to be dancing with her. They hope they get to stay another week and do better.

Mark says he doesn’t remember Katherine moving like she did last night. She says it was an “out of body experience”. She is loving every moment of this experience and she loves Mark.

Kym and Jaleel aren’t real happy with their scores, but, they had fun. He says he has to step it up in the next dance and look at the positives.

George tells Jack he’s so fun to watch and his attitude is so good. Jack says he’s trying to follow all of Anna’s orders. He wants to hear what the judges have to say so he can get better. Anna stresses that he just needs to let go and entertain.

Gladys has been watching the show from the beginning. George asks her on Len and the judges. She says you can’t always let negative feedback consume you. Tristan is so blessed to have Gladys as a partner. George says he thinks their fans will keep them on the show. She just wants to entertain and touch people.

Donald and Peta talk of how they’ve had such an amazing journey so far. Len’s comments made them feel very special. He wants to win and is determined to work and do whatever it takes. Peta raves of how Donald is so refreshing and amazing to work with.

Karina is happy with Gavin’s improvement, but, she says Gavin needs to relax and not be shy. George compliments him on his humor. George questions them on their rehearsal time as well. Karina says Gavin can’t talk as much and hopes to have some serious rehearsals. Hmmmm….

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15 responses to "Dancing With The Stars 14 Week 2 – Interviews After The Dance Part 1 (Videos)"

Apparently, he was so much better during the camera blocking/dress rehearsal. Maybe that’s why she thinks he needs to not be so shy. You can tell because he has a nervous laugh. I don’t think a doctor put him on “vocal rest”. I think Karina laid down the law of the dance floor. They did 13 hours more rehearsal than the others?
He did look better in the package shown before they danced. As for Jaleel, I think his jive was fine for someone who didn’t tour England doing paso-lite, tap dancing, and shaking naughty bits on a regular basis…SMH.

You know what is funny, Jim? A lot of “casual” viewers don’t think jive is a latin dance lol. Also, it’s obvious from K’s statement that his touring and traveling every other day strained the practices.

Also, William is doing the salsa next week ! They rarely do the salsa on the show, and I cant even remember a week 3 salsa ! I guess they want to give him a dance they know he will do well and be hot doing it. I’ve got nothing against William but what the producers are doing is so obvious. I’d like to see him try the other dances.

Sherrie should be taken off. She cheated and got away with it. The man from Idol was taken off for not telling the truth and this is the same. Cheating is cheating. I will watch the show after she is gone. This is not fair.

What is the “love hand”, exactly? Is that the thing Derek did with Joanna during the relay dance where he dipped her head down over and over? I hope not. That is one of the few things Derek has ever done that I found quite…well, gross. So I’m kind of scared for their dance next week now.

If Derek and Maria have rumba next week, why would Cheryl and William have salsa? Aren’t they on the same schedule? I never can remember how they hand out the dances.

No, the love hand is where Derek was pretending to be all sexy and he had his hand up next to Nicole’s face and she looked at him and said “What’s that hand doing?” And he came back with…”it’s my love hand” and they both cracked up at the innuendo. And it’s been an inside joke with Derek’s rumba ever since.

I really hope Maria (esp>) can call on her acting skills because I think this week is gonna be more rolling on the floor and hysterical laughter having been watching the 2 of them.! It’s great she got rumba cause it gives her ribs a chance to recover and rumba is like a slow, very precise chachacha but there are only a couple of ways to make it memorable, especially if you are up against high energy dances. Both Jennifer and Ricki did a great job of connecting with Derek in their facial expressions and Jenn was so technically good on top of that. If Maria gets a “good” song it should be easier but as a past instructor of mine used to say…I don’t care what you do to sell this dance (rumba), think of dead puppies or whatever, BUT WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACE.

The Rumba and the Salsa in the same week? They don’t sound the same. I would’ve thought they would do the Viennese Waltz and the Rumba in the same week because they’re both romantic dances. The Paso Doble and the Tango tend to be in the same week as well because of the tension, Quickstep and Jive in the same week because they’re fast dances etc…

Liz, once upon the time, week 3 had predictable dances, and then the producers got an idea to crazy things up, by having the celebrities telling their personal stories that week. And they (mostly) picked the song, so the pair got assigned whatever the producers feel “best fits” the song.

Or, at least that’s howit’s been the past several seasons, who knows what they’ve in mind this season.

I love Martina as a sports legend since I play tennis, but I couldn’t vote for her because I don’t like to see them be put through something like Bristol & Hope were put through. I think both of them wanted to do the show to try it, knowing they couldn’t dance , but wanted to try. Their fans (and their partners fans) kept pushing them through, yet it would have been best for them to just get the boot. They were both miserable. Heck, when Bristol wanted to quit because of the Brandy incident, Shirley Ballas had to have a talk with her in the trailer. Hope basically had a breakdown right in front of us. Even Chaz wasn’t served well by being pushed along. Don’t think Martina can manage a rumba or salsa. IMHO 🙁